Rhiza

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Noctuidae
Subfamilia: Noctuinae
Tribus: Xylenini
Subtribus: Pseudohadenina
Genus: Rhiza
Subgenera (3): R. (Graphantha) – R. (Gryphadena) – R. (Rhiza)
Name

Rhiza Staudinger, 1889

Type species: Rhiza commoda Staudinger, 1889

Rhiza is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was described by Staudinger in 1889.[1][2][3]
Species

Subgenus Rhiza

Rhiza sergia (Püngeler, 1901) western Turkestan, Mongolia
Rhiza commoda Staudinger, 1889 Armenia, Turkestan, Mongolia
Rhiza idumaea (Püngeler, 1901) Palestine
Rhiza schlumbergeri (Püngeler, 1905) Turkestan
Rhiza stenoptera (Boursin, 1970)

Subgenus Gryphadena Kusnezov, 1908

Rhiza indigna (Christoph, 1887) Turkey
Rhiza minuta (Püngeler, 1900) southern Urals, western Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan

Subgenus Graphantha Ronkay, Varga & Fábián, 1995

laciniosa species group
Rhiza laciniosa (Christoph, 1887) Turkey, Turkestan, Mongolia
Rhiza calligrapha (Ronkay & Varga, 1989)
gnorima species group
Rhiza gnorima (Püngeler, 1906)

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Rhiza". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
Savela, Markku (May 15, 2020). "Rhiza Staudinger, 1889". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Rhiza Staudinger, 1889". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved November 7, 2020.